Diaz

Throughout the season each team circles certain games on the schedule as rivalry tilts or games that have special meaning. On the other hand there are the games that have no extra motivation other than the points. Well the game last night was just that.

Over the past few years, playing the Carolina Hurricanes has become that. I would rank a game against the Hurricanes in Montreal the hardest ticket to sell. And then add the fact that the Habs have to fly out to Long Island to play the back end of two games in two nights, a lackluster performance would have...